Powder-can top.



110.050.006. PATBNTBD APR. 9, 1907.

J. H. Goss. f POWDER GAN TOP.

APPLI'UATIuN rIL'rm JUNE 0. 1000.

i of which tbeV ollowing is 'a full, clear,

JOHN H. GOSS, OF WATERBURY, CONN Ecricurr,

AssiGNoii 'ro scoviLL MAN- UFACTU'RING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A"CORPORA T Tf` OF CONNECTICUT.

iowDR-QAN TOP.

l No. 850,086.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June?, 1906. Serial No. 321,012.

Patented April '9, 1907.

Tu al whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Goss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbur in the county of New Haven and State of nnecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Im rovement in Powder-CanTops,

and eX- act description.

- ing sclosed the closing mediums wil yThis invention .relates to cans and other receptacles for containing tooth-powder and other powdery substances powder is discharged through a hole in the end rather than in the side of the top; and

the yobject of the invention is to provide aconstruction whereby when thedischarge-o enbe intimate contact as to rendrawn into such der the top practically proof against the leakthe parts in discharving position.

age .of the powder.

The invention consists of a powder-can top having a'perforated fixed member ,and a er- .forated movable member or cover w ose perforation 4is adapted to be brought into register with the erforation in the fixed member, so as to ischarge the contents of the-can and to be moved out of register with the perforation in the fixed member', so as to close the top against the escape ofthe contents, and in such 'closing movement the cover is drawn down tight overl the fixed member to thereby insure against the escape by leakage of the contents, all as I will pro- -cqed now more particularly to set vforth and finally claim.

'In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in t ie several fi res of which like parts are' similarly designated, Figure i is a perspective view of the top with Fig. 2 is a erspcctive view of? the. top with the parts in closed position. Fig. 3 is a sidc elevation with the parts closed. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on theline A B'of Fig'. l. cross-section on the line C D, Fig. is a top plan view of a top having more one disc arge-hole and lng and slot. is a 'cross-section, and Fig. S a side elevation,

2. Fig. 6 than .of the modification of Fig. 6. l

While tlie`invention is entitled and is herein described as relating to a can, it is to be understood that the receptacle may be tech- 4othei` kind of receptacle and of from which the 'side walls 4;

lcase having its lower edge Fig.-5 is a' Fig. 7

a vcan and of metal, or it may be any any other material; but of course the top, in which the present invention resides, is preferably an most conveniently made of metal.

The breast 1 may be of any'ap roved construction, and it has applied to itlby seaming or otherwise the fixed member 2, and this fixed member preferably Aincludes a convex end portion 3 with substantially vertical In the end portion 3 is an opening or .perforation 5,' and in line with this opening and in the side wall of the fixed member l 'a lug 6, proecting outwardly.

Sui-rounding the en portionand side walls of the fixed member 2 is a shell, com rising an end ortion 7 and side walls 8, an

nically pared to afford a rough surface to be easily gras ed by the fingers in rotating or turnin the s ell about the fixed member. The she isprovided witha journal 9, which may be a rivet, and this journal also servesthe purpose of uniting the' shell and the'fixed member more or ess intimately or in such manner that the shell may be rotated or turned upon the fixed member.

these side wa ls may be knurled or otherwisepr'e- In the side wall 8 is a slot 1Q,preferably arranged obliquely,

as shown more particularly'in Fig. 3, and of any shape but ixi any lug 6 projects through -this slot, and its lower edge is in contact with the lower edge 1i of the slot. The inclination of the slot is such that when the shell is turned, as in Fi .2 and 5, to cover up the o ning 4 -in t e fixed member the lower e( ge 1i will serve as a cam or wedge in conjunction with the lug 6, and thereby draw down the shell tightlyr over thefxed member, and inasmuch as the lug is always iii alincment with the perforation or opening in the fixed member and the highest point of the cam-slot is brouvht opposite this opening when the top is c ose'd'i't follows` that Athe pressure is brought most 11 inclined. The

strongly upon the closed portion of the shell roc4 Y.For discharge purposes the sliell is provided with .an

shown in Figs.. 1 und 4, b v simply turning,r the sheil in the opposite direction.

As shown in Figs. 6-8, there infini' be more `thziinone discharge-opening sind more than one'lug' und slot. Fhe'use'of more than one. lug and slot., and cspeeizill)v the use of oppositelinrriuiged lugs und slots, resul-ts in :in equalization of the tigl'iiening' pressure end 'its more perfect distribution over the whole top.

I am aware that it is not broadly new lo provide alcun-top with a side opening und a. rotatable shell Connected therewith byu, lug und e cam-slot; but in the construction referred4 to the cam-slot simply serves 'espe de-` lprevent the accidental movement of 'and itl has no function in drawing,r

.otherf'open-eiid'receptaeles by ineens of lugs iione and earn-slotsom the other; but in hess constructions the whole @over inust bc de tehed inorder to open the receptiieley for 'the discharge of its contents. My invention fi differs -from these iii providing u. receptacle 31With fixed top havin :i disc large-opening inits end and a lateralwprojeetiug side lug and n eovering-shel'l inclosing the fixed inein- -s-ber and a lied to it in such way. as to be y :leapeble o @eilig turned about it and having y35'the eanislot copeixitingr with thelug so es' to'draw the shell when in the closed position tightly over th'e discharge-opening iii the fixed member, and this is true whetlieron'e discharge-o ning be employed or a. number of such dischirge-openings arc provideiLind while the location of the ug in aliiiememJ with the opening of the fixed member is important it is not essentiel in every instance, and this is particularly true in the ease of tops lia-ving a -considemlile number of discharge-openings, as illustrated in Figs' (j, 7, and 8.

' Although a. journaling-rivet 9 is shown iis .the means by which the to) menibei-s are to restrict the 5b connected, it is not intende A opening,r l2, which may be .brought into register with the opening 5, as

i o shell tiehtover the diseh:irge-opf-rning` to. i am also aware that movable' "covers have been applied to 1ers, bottles, :ind

F side, andl iicovering-s invention to the use of suoli rivetf and itiney"` be omitted.

l. A powder-ezln top, provided with a fixed nieinber having a suitable` number of d 'wel large-o pei'iings number of hiteriilly- )rejecting lugs on its ell iuelosing the' vfixed member und turning upon the end thereof und having o number of disehargebpnings equal to that in the end of the ixed'meinber :ind adapted to'lbe brought into end otof register with ,the openings in the fixed mein'- ber, und also liiving eem-slots in its corresponding in number Withthe lu the fixed member and cooperating therewith in the closing movement ,of fth'e 'coveringsliell to draw dou-n the said shell tithe discharge-openingsin theixe 2. powder-can top, fixed its Vend sind a lug'on its side sin member;

infalinement :with

in its end and e. suit-able' hitl'y over dopening, -azndj wrotary cover, ap )lied-,1 l

over and'turninguponthefend?othef@` ed 5 inember and haringen be moved in 'to' 4and outo' h opening -inv the .fixed member-ai'idyfmslot side through-.which the lug projectsgsiiid, oti' having in 'inclined edge engegedibygtlgieglug so that Whentheover-is opening in .the fixed4 member tha-cover will be drawn down tight, over thefsaid .3. A fixed member, having a;v arge-o itsend and a. logon its side in'alinenlilnt salid opening, over and -t v member and inclosing it ing adapted to be moved into almement with the opening .in the fixedmembei' sinddatlobaving nbits is'liii: I8.11 arme ote ae teo' todil'iigw down thi cgover irightlyulipon the 'fixed member when the opening therein is closed.

In testimony whereof lhave hereunto set my han'd this 7th day of Maf', A. l). 1906.-

, JO 1N H. GOSS'.

powder-can top, provided u the endfo'the;

pon and ha' Witnesses HENRY FEEL, J. H. FILLING.

.mwith 

